[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> tonight, breaking news as we come in the air, the urgent manhunt for a high school student who police say open fire on two faculty movers after a pat down. authorities in denver to meet warning he's armed and dangerous, police policing his image because of public safety. the 17 year old student allegedly fire, one of the staff members in surgery. school officials say he was specific we ordered to undergo pat down's because of previous issues. standing by the school in denver tonight. also this evening, the reporter tornado near downtown los angeles, 1 of 2 reported twisters, this record-breaking storm turning deadly in california, much like forcing homes be evacuated. drivers navigating streets with downed trees and power lines. 20 states tonight from california to texas to ohio now

on alert for flooding, snow, severe storms before this hits the northeast. of in new york city today, the tents and of unfolding high above the ground in new york. i suspect dangling from the window on the 31st floor, threatening to jump with the fbi there with an arrest warrant. the terrifying scene for pedestrians below. will former president trump be indicted by a grand jury here in new york? why that jury was told this morning not to come in today. what's driving this? new reporting tonight. meantime, trumps likely opponent on the republican side, ron desantis, and his new interview tonight after he said supporting ukraine was not in the interest of the u.s. what he is saying now. also news on ron desantis and a potential plan to extend florida's policy in schools all the way to the 12th grade. rachel scott reporting tonight. the war in ukraine, horrific video showing a deadly missile strike targeting an apartment

complex and exploding drones attacking a college and dorm. russia launchings attacks before china's president xi left russia. here in the u.s. tonight, new development in a suspicious death the nation learned of during the murdoch case. tonight the death of a teenager my former classmate of the surviving son now ruled a homicide. a warning tonight on some common eye drops. the cdc now saying they have led to more deaths and blindness. also tonight, beloved actor dick van dyke in a car accident and we will have the latest. a greater the west wing, aaron he's learned.s stroke and what- ♪ ♪ >> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" david muir. if >> david: we begin tonight with the urgent search for a teenage gunman accused of opening fire on two faculty movers at his denver

high school. authorities say it happened after pat down. police say the student was searched like this everyday because of concerns involving him before. during this morning's search, they say open fire, wounding those two faculty murmurs, one in surgery now. the student then escaping. the school placed on lockdown, students barricading themselves inside, parents rushing to the school as police search for the gunman. they are warning the community tonight he is armed and dangerous. the incident at denver's east high school, where just last month a student was shot and killed while sitting in a car near that school. paramedics who were in the building helping the victims, both staff members, both hospitalized tonight, in serious condition. a crowd of parents gathering outside the school, you can see the pictures there, all waiting for word today. the emotional reunions that followed. tonight police identifying the 17 world suspect because of public safety they say. now wanted for attempted homicide, asking for help in finding him. and warning people to stay away they see him.

moa linking leading us off at that school in denver tonight. >> tonight the urgent manhunt for a 17-year-old student accused of opening fire inside his denver hazel, shooting and entering two faculty members. >> any two ambulances. >> authorities say that just before 10:00 a.m., the student, identified by police by dominic to as austin lyle, was undergoing a daily pat down for weapons when he opened fire with a handgun, striking to administrators. while had been singled out to be searched every day of behavioral issues. >> has this particular student actually had a safety plan in place where they were to be searched at the beginning of the school day everyday? >> they have been searched previously to today and had never had a weapon on them before. however, today, during that search, which took place away from other students, away from other school staff, they did produce that weapon and fired shots. >> wild and fleeing the school campus with the gun. >> he has a weapon. >> police rushing to the scene,

a massive search underway. authorities sing the suspect may be writing a red volvo suv. >> we don't have any sense of where he is. we do know, again, where he lives, we are executing a search warrant at that location. >> officials warning the public not to approach the suspected shooter. >> obviously he is armed and dangerous and willing to use the weapon as we learned this morning. >> the school placed on lockd lockdown. >> that's crazy. >> students spotting police and first responders from their classroom windows, paramedics already in the building quickly rendering aid to the two victims. they were taken to an area hospital, one in serious condition and undergoing surgery. the other in serious but stable condition. able to tell police what happened. at the school, a crowd of anxious and frustrated family members waiting outside. >> i'm very upset. i just feel like we as a society are not doing enough. we don't have any police in the school, there's no metal detectors. >> many upset that this has happened once again. >> i rushed over here for the fourth time this year to get my

son out of a lockdown. it's got to stop, we can't take it anymore. >> this, the second shooting at east high in just six weeks. last month a junior was shot was sitting in his car near the school. he later died from his injuries. >> both students and parents have been calling for increased security measures at the school from resource officers to be brought back to metal detectors to be installed. the school is closed for the rest of the week and once it we are opens, the school district says two officers will be placed here for the rest of the year, david. >> david: leading us off in denver tonight, thank you. we are going to turn to the reported tornado in downtown los angeles, one of two reported twisters, part of this deadly storm barreling across the country. 20 states, steve million americans now on alert tonight. the strongest march storm ever to strike san francisco. to the southeast of downtown l.a., these were the pictures, this very unusual site, it likely tornado in montebello and then to the northeast of san francisco, rain washing out a retaining wall on interstate

580. fears of a complete collapse now. santa cruz county hit especially hard, one resident regarding his treacherous escape right here for the downed trees and power lines. the storm now targeting the south, texas, right up to ohio and into the northeast. senior we neurologist in santa cruz tonight. >> tonight and extremely rare site in southern california. two reported tornado's. one of them just east of downtown los angeles, sending debris flying. workers watching and recording as roofing goes airborne. because it came right down to the ground, ripped the roof off. five buildings here in this industrial area, only one person injured at this point in time. >> just up the coast, he confirmed tornado spotted near santa barbara. the national weather service surveying the damage tonight. the strongest march storm to ever hit the bay area now carving a path of destruction up and down the golden state. in the san francisco area, more than 700 reports of downed trees. at least five people killed, and

several others critically injured. overnight, san francisco's third street bridge shut down for a time after at least one bar slammed right into it. the high wind sending furniture and other debris flying from city skyscrapers. >> david: let's bring in rob with estimate to time this out again for us. hey, rob. >> hey, david. you can see utility crews behind me finally getting a break and making some progress. the storm winding down on the west coast but plenty of staying power to go cross country. already alerts are stretching into the ohio river valley and all hazards are in play here, snow, wind, avalanche, flooding, and yes severe storms come round about this time tomorrow caress the southern plains from local midcity to dallas, big wings, big hail lately there. stretching into alexander, jackson in memphis on friday. a better chance to see tornado's i think that time and pushing up across the great lakes and heavy rain through cincinnati into the northeast with heavy rain and snow wrapping around the backside of this on saturday and we don't get rid of this whole

storm until late in the day on sunday. david. >> david: we hear you, rob, tomorrow, friday, and saturday we will still be on the watch for this thing. thank you so much. back in new york city, today four hours a very tense standoff i have the streets. a suspect dangling from the window on the 31st floor threatening to jump with the fbi there and an arrest warrant. pedestrians pushed back below and the dramatic moment this finally came to an end. we can let you know tonight that that suspect is in custody. on the scene. >> tonight a heart pounding stand up playing out 30 floors above a new york city street. a man wanted by the fbi, seen perched on the ledge of the window, legs dangling while he threatened to jump from this luxury high-rise just steps away from carnegie hall. police bringing in this large inflatable, moving the crowd back as they watch from below. it all began before 9:00 a.m. when the fbi, trying to execute an arrest warrant, the man barricaded himself inside the apartment for hours.

an officer finally repelling down from the floor above, the suspect trying to grab his ankle before that officer is able to get inside. the authorities finally taking that man into custody late tod today. >> authorities took them into the hospital while he was wanted on fraud charges, no charges have yet been filed as his health is being evaluated. david. >> david: trevor in new york, thank you. now to former president trump and security here in new york, already on heightened alert ahead of any possible indictment of the former president. we learned today that matters of the grand jury were called and told not to report in today, so what could the signal? jonathan karl back again tonight. >> the manhattan district attorney investigating donald trump's hush money payments to stormy daniels told the grand jury hearing in the case to stand down for today. sources tell abc news jurors were informed at least one additional witness may be called to testify before they decide whether to indict the former

president. trump declared over the weekend that he would be arrested on tuesday. that obviously did not happen. but new york is still bracing for protest after trump called for his supporters to turn out. a few people so far seem to be heeding his call. his former vice president mike pence, who saw firsthand what happened when trump called for protest on january 6th, said people shouldnot protest this time. >> i would discourage americans from engaging in protests if, in fact, the former president is indicted. >> david: this of course the hush money case here in new york city. john carl back with us here tonight. i want to broke the story last night, the special counsel investigation into the mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. john reported last night that a federal judge finding a special counsel presented compelling -- misled attorneys and might have broken law. the question now to make him does this mean one of his attorneys will have to come back now before the special counsel? >> the answer is yes. trump's lawyers filed an appeal

late yesterday to try and stop this. a three-judge panel rejected that appeal. that means the lawyer must turn over all of those documents and testify. we think that testimony could come as soon as friday this week and in a sign of just how quickly this case is moving, trump was given a deadline of midnight last night to make their case for the lawyer not to testify. the government, the prosecutors were given until 6:00 a.m. to respond to that end a three-judge panel ruled almost immediately the lawyer must testify, a big setback for donald trump. >> david: you don't see this often, the legal system, just hours to respond on both sides. thank you. meantime, the race for the white house just continue on president trump, former president, likely opponent among the public, ron desantis. in a new interview after seeing the porting of grain was not any interest of the u.s., what he is saying now. also news tonight on desantis and a potential plan to extend florida's don't say policy and

schols all the way to 12th grade. here's rachel scott tonight. >> tonight for the governor and likely presidential candidate ron desantis trying to quiet the cry from republicans after declaring protecting the grain from russia is not in america's vital national interest. in, desantis declaring vladimir putin a war criminal. i do think he should be held at carmel. >> he implied putin days might be numbered. >> i think the thing that we've seen is he doesn't have the conventional capability to realize his ambition. we overestimated his conventional capability. if this has been a huge blunder for him, huge cost, and we will see his longevity and power. >> it comes sb 16 inches closer to becoming a candidate and as his likely main rival donald trump faces a slew of investigations, the florida governor highlighting their differences.

>> the way we run the government i think is no daily drama, focus on the big picture and put points on the board and i think that is something that's very important. >> is for president biden -- >> you could beat biden? >> i think so. >> desantis now doubling down on this controversial law critics have called "don't say gay" that restricts what teachers can tell the students about sexual orientation and gender identity. his administration now seeking to expand the law through high school, proposing that for grades four through 12, instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited unless such instruction is either especially required by state academic standards or is part of a reproductive health course or health lesson, for which a student's parent has the option to have his or her student not attend. opponents say students all the way up to their senior year may be struggling could be cut off from teachers who could help. >> tonight a spokesperson for florida governor ron desantis telling us in a statement "there

is no reason for instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity to be part of the k-12 outlook education, full stop. this is an issue we can expect to hear more about. >> rachel scott covering the white house for us, thank you. we turn to the war in ukraine, russia unleashing a deadly no assault on ukrainian cities, just some over the images. a missile slamming into an apartment building. dozens of injuries, including children and this brutal assault unleashed on ukraine even before china's president xi departed moscow. in ukraine for us again tonight. >> tonight a russian missile striking apartment block in the heart of a major ukrainian city. scores injured, including children. at least one person killed. russia also launching exploding attack jones, hitting a college and dormitory southeast. eight people killed here, say officials. the attacks underway even before china's president xi departed

moscow after he and putin said they were ready for peace. and we're learning more about that u.s. reaper drone. a russian fighter debt spraying it with fuel, colliding with its propeller, the pentagon then downing it in the black sea. if the maritimes to times to my publishing audio intercepts, russians near the crash site coordinating efforts to retrieve prone dominic drone debris that day. the russians heard saying they picked up parts of the nose, casting, and winked -- wing. the kremlin awarding those pilots metals. >> i have no clue why they would give a bravery award to a pilot who was at best just an idiot. >> a defiant move from president zelenskyy, visiting troops, ukrainian forces they're still holding on, david. >> david: tom, thank you. into the economy now, the federal reserve raising its core interest rates, another quarter percent today.

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moving forward.g better bay are. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. larry: mudslides, fall in glass, we've seen it all, that powerful level 3 storm that rolled through yesterday left behind a major mass and the cleanup is just getting started. kristen: we have team coverage for you live on the aftermath of the storm from san francisco to the east bay to the peninsula. crews are spread out across the bay area to give us a look at what people are dealing with. larry: first let's start our coverage with spencer christian. was yesterday's storm the strongest we have seen in the month of march? meteorologist: it is the lowest barometric pressure we have seen in the month of march in the bay area. the storm actually had an eye you could see from the radar and satellite that looked like a hurricane eye. what a difference a day makes. look how relatively calm the image of live doppler 7 is

compared to yesterday at this time. we have just got her child was around the bay area. isolated, limited, brief downpours. over the east bay, to livermore, we have areas of light rain and showers. on the peninsula, moving onto the santa cruz mountains, we have scattered light showers. that is about it. this storm still however on the exclusive abc7 storm impact scale is a level one the next few hours. the rain will be moving to our south with isolated showers and slick roadways. even though the rain is not widespread. here is the animation into the evening hours, 8:00 p.m., 9 p.m. tonight, it should be all over. morning commuters tomorrow might encounter slippery roadways but it should not be raining tomorrow. we have a coastal flood advisory in effect for low-lying areas until 3 a.m. tomorrow. there could be localized flooding